Series · Documentary
Biography (1987)Season 10
Biography is a documentary television series. It was originally a half-hour filmed series produced for CBS by David Wolper from 1961 to 1964 and hosted by Mike Wallace. The A&E Network later re-ran it and has produced new episodes since 1987. The older version featured historical figures such as Helen Keller and Mark Twain, or long-dead entertainment figures such as Will Rogers or John Barrymore. The A&E series has placed the emphasis on such people as Marilyn Monroe, Elvis Presley, Plácido Domingo, Freddie Mercury, Jacqueline Kennedy Onassis, Eric Clapton, Pope John Paul II, Gene Tierney, Selena, Diego Rivera, Mao Zedong and Queen Elizabeth II, and fictional characters like The Phantom, Superman, Hamlet, Betty Boop, and Santa Claus. The program ended up profiling enough figures that in 1999, A&E spun it off into an entire network, The Biography Channel.
- Creator
- David L. Wolper, Agnes Nixon
- Writers
- Daniel J. Golden, Lucy Chase Williams, Scott Lenz
- Network
- CBS, A&E
- Country
- United States, United Kingdom
- Language
- English
- First aired
- April 6, 1987
- Status
- Returning
Cast
Peter Graves
Jack Perkins
Scarlett JohanssonSelf
Aileen WuornosSelf (archive footage)- Dawn BotkinsSelf - Aileen's Childhood Friend
- Arlene PralleSelf
- Steve GlazerSelf - Defense Attorney
Tyria MooreSelf - Aileen's Girlfriend
Donna Jay FulksAileen Wuornos (voice)
Eva BraunSelf (archive footage)
Adolf HitlerSelf (archive footage)- Paul KaupNarrator
Heinrich HoffmannSelf - Photographer (archive footage)- Nerin GunSelf - Biographer (archive footage)
- Justin BarrettNarrator (voice)
Kevin Smith
Dave ChappelleHimself (archival footage)- Ken TuckerHimself
- Tanika RayHimself
Chuck NiceHimself
Episodes
0/31 watched- Episode 1: Larry Flynt: Fighting Dirty1 h · Jan 15, 1997
- Episode 2: Al Lewis: Forever Grandpa1 h · Jan 6, 2000
- Episode 3: Jimmy Hoffa: The Man Behind the Mystery1 h · Jan 12, 2000
- Episode 4: John J. Pershing: The Iron General1 h · Jan 13, 2000
- Episode 5: John Steinbeck: An American Writer1 h · Jan 19, 2000
- Episode 6: Mary Magdalene: The Hidden Apostle1 h · Jan 20, 2000
- Episode 7: Pol Pot: Secret Killer1 h · Jan 26, 2000
- Episode 8: Sally Hemings: Redefining History1 h · Jan 27, 2000
- Episode 9: Stonewall Jackson1 h · Feb 2, 2000
- Episode 10: Yvonne De Carlo: Gilded Lily1 h · Feb 3, 2000
- Episode 11: Enzo Ferrari: Passion for Speed1 h · Jan 4, 2001
- Episode 12: Genovese: Portrait of a Crime Family1 h · Jan 10, 2001
- Episode 13: George Lucas: Creating an Empire1 h · Jan 11, 2001
- Episode 14: Henry Hill: Goodfella1 h · Jan 17, 2001
- Episode 15: Calamity Jane1 h · Jan 3, 2002
- Episode 16: Donald Rumsfeld: Top Gun1 h · Jan 9, 2002
- Episode 17: General George Patton: A Genius for War1 h · Jan 10, 2002
- Episode 18: Hitler and Stalin: Roots of Evil1 h · Jan 16, 2002
- Episode 19: Home Improvement: A Half-Hour of Power1 h · Jan 17, 2002
- Episode 20: John & Abigail Adams: Love and Liberty1 h · Jan 23, 2002
- Episode 21: Joseph Stalin: Red Terror1 h · Jan 24, 2002
- Episode 22: Lewis & Clark: Explorers of the New Frontier1 h · Jan 30, 2002
- Episode 23: Mahatma Gandhi: Pilgrim of Peace1 h · Jan 31, 2002
- Episode 24: Mark Twain: His Amazing Adventures1 h · Feb 6, 2002
- Episode 25: Osama Bin Laden: In the Name of Allah1 h · Feb 7, 2002
- Episode 26: Pablo Escobar: The Terror of Columbia1 h · Feb 13, 2002
- Episode 27: RFK: His Many Sides1 h · Feb 14, 2002
- Episode 28: Ronald Reagan: The Role of a Lifetime1 h · Feb 20, 2002
- Episode 29: The Extraordinary Voyages of Jules Verne1 h · Feb 21, 2002
- Episode 30: The Manson Women: An American Nightmare1 h · Feb 27, 2002
- Episode 31: Saturday Night Live1 h · Apr 22, 2002
